After suffering a devastating knee injury that dislocated his knee and tore his PCL, MCL, LCL, and meniscus, an 18-year-old athlete from Connecticut is turning pain into purpose following a complex surgery performed by Anil S. Ranawat, MD, sports medicine surgeon at HSS.

During nearly a year of recovery at HSS, LEGOs helped Devin Brenner cope.

Now, he's giving that comfort back, by creating custom LEGO kits to inspire hope and resilience for young patients facing their own long roads to recovery.

Brenner joined an organization called "Pass the Bricks" that repurposes old LEGOs, and he asked people on Facebook for their old ones.

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